City of Lancaster, PA
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2023-12-19
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Part II General Legislation
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Chapter 285 Vehicles and Traffic
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Article XV Cruising
- Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
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- Ch 265 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 267 Swimming Pools
- Ch 269 Tattoos and Body Piercings
- Ch 270 Taxation
- Ch 271 Telephone Companies
- Ch 273 Trees
- Ch 279 Utilities
- Ch 282 Vacant and Abandoned Property
- Ch 285 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 285 Art XV Cruising
- § 285-122 Short title.
- § 285-123 Definitions.
- § 285-124 Cruising prohibited.
- § 285-125 Exclusions.
- § 285-126 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 287 Vehicles for Hire
- Ch 288 Vehicles, Hazardous
- Ch 291 Vending
- Ch 293 Violation Tickets
- Ch 295 Water
- Ch 300 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A305 Cable Television Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted as Article 532 of the Codified Ordinances]
This article shall be known as the "Cruising
Ordinance of the City of Lancaster."
For the purpose of this article, the following
definitions shall apply:
Driving a motor vehicle on a street past a traffic control
point, as designated by the Bureau of Police, more than twice in any
two-hour period, between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 3:30 a.m. The
passing of a traffic control point a third time under the aforesaid
conditions shall constitute cruising.
The area bounded by Liberty Street on the north, Prince Street
on the west, Vine Street on the south and Queen Street on the east,
or such other areas designated by the Traffic Commission after the
completion of appropriate studies supporting such restrictions. The
streets within the designated area on which enforcement will occur
shall be clearly marked by permanent fixed signs advising the public
that the area is subject to regulation under the City Cruising Ordinance.
[Amended 11-15-2005 by Ord. No. 19-2005]
A clearly identified reference point within the designated
area on a designated street, as determined and marked from time to
time by the Bureau of Police.
No person shall cruise within the designated
area. For purposes of this section, the person having control and/or
ownership of a motor vehicle shall be considered the person cruising,
without regard as to whether that person was actually driving the
motor vehicle each time it passed the traffic control point. Having
control or ownership of a motor vehicle means either the owner of
the vehicle as stated on the vehicle registration, if present at the
time of the violation, or, if the owner is not present in the vehicle,
the person operating the vehicle at the time of the violation of this
article.
This article shall not apply to any municipal,
emergency, police, fire, ambulance or other governmental vehicle when
the same is being operated in an official capacity. In addition, this
article shall not apply to any duly licensed public transportation
vehicle nor to any vehicle utilized for business and/or commercial
purposes.
Any person violating any provision of this article
shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than $50 nor more than $600
or shall be imprisoned for not more than 90 days, or both.
